Talk:The Pagan School

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Did you know... that Charles Baudelaire wrote "The Pagan School" in opposition to the veneration of Pan in 19th-century France?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 17:01, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Charles Baudelaire's essay "The Pagan School" is about an encounter with a 19th-century neopagan who worshipped Pan? Source: Various, for example Blood, Susan (1997). Baudelaire and the Aesthetics of Bad Faith, pp. 187–189.
- ALT1: ... that in "The Pagan School" (1852), Charles Baudelaire rejected classicism from a modern standpoint? Source: Hiddleston, J. A. (2005). "Art and its representation". In Lloyd, Rosemary (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Baudelaire, pp. 136–137. Pattison, George (2009). Crucifixions and Resurrections of the Image, pp. 21–22.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Abish (Book of Mormon)

Created by Ffranc (talk). Self-nominated at 13:05, 24 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Ffranc: Good article. Approving in good faith due to offline sources. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:25, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ffranc and Onegreatjoke: it would seem to me that ALT0 falls afoul of WP:DYKSG#C6, and I'm not quite captivated by ALT1; is there maybe another hook that could be found? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 22:55, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a work of fiction so I'm not sure if it applies. Baudelaire might have made up some details but people like the pagan he described definitely existed at the time. But is this better, Theleekycauldron? Ffranc (talk) 11:41, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2: ... that Charles Baudelaire wrote "The Pagan School" in opposition to the veneration of Pan in 19th-century France? Source: Juden, Brian (1985). "Visages romantiques de Pan", p. 35. ("Lorsqu'au début de 1852, Baudelaire se retourne contre l'École païenne, un des excès les plus flagrants et les plus symptomatiques de cette subversion lui semble le toast porté au dieu Pan dans un banquet commémoratif de la révolution de février." [When, in the beginning of 1852, Baudelaire turned against the Pagan School, one of the most flagrant and most symptomatic excesses of this subversion appeared to him to be the toast given to the god Pan at a banquet commemorating the February Revolution.])
- works for me, thanks! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 20:25, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]